Effect of "Blood activating Wind dissipating" acupuncture on blood pressure regulation in patients with prehypertension and mild hypertension

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2300076011

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2023-09-21

Start date

2023-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-09-26

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Conditions

hypertension

Interventions

experiment group: acupuncture method of "Blood activating Wind dissipating "

control group:sham acupuncture

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Age range from 18 to 64 years old; (2) The patient meets the diagnostic criteria for prehypertension and mild hypertension in the "2018 Revised Chinese Hypertension Prevention and Treatment Guidelines" issued by the Chinese Hypertension Prevention and Treatment Guidelines Revision Committee: prehypertension: 120mmHg = SBP = 139mmHg and/or 80mmHg = DBP = 89mmHg, mild hypertension: 140mmHg = SBP = 159mmHg and/or 90mmHg = DBP = 99mmHg; (3) The patient or family member signs an informed consent form to cooperate with the treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Secondary hypertension; (2) People with heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, kidney disease, diabetes and other target organ damage or accompanied by clinical diseases; (3) Individuals with severe mental disorders (Zung's Self Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) = 70 and/or Zung's Self Rating Depression Scale (SDS) = 73), cognitive, emotional, or sleep disorders; (4) Women who are pregnant or plan to conceive within the next 6 months; (5) Taking antihypertensive drugs within the past month; (6) Received acupuncture treatment within the past month; (7) Participating in other clinical researchers.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Family self-test blood pressure drop value;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
24-hour ambulatory blood pressure drop value;Clinic blood pressure;Zung's Self Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS);Zung's Self Rating Depression Scale (SDS);Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI);Quality of Life Scale (SF-12);Sleep diary recording;Record of medication usage;Modified version of C-MASS gas meter;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYuzheng Du

First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine/National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion

drduyuzheng@126.com+86 137 0208 8266

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026